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Many people in Rwanda rely on agriculture for survival, but farmers often lack the inputs and technologies that can help increase their yields, improve incomes, and feed communities. By working closely with communities and the government to secure bulk purchases of reliable inputs, the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative (CHDI) helps farmers access the best varieties of seeds, fertilizer, and other inputs and be trained in improved production techniques. In order to help reduce famine in the growing areas, CHDI has expanded its cassava-growing program to 5,000 families, covering 2,000 hectares. CHDI has also helped distribute 40,000 tons of fertilizer, 100 tons of maize seeds, 5.7 million cuttings of diseases-resistant cassava, and 150 tons of improved bean seeds. This has enabled 5,000 farmers to increase productivity by 240 percent, feeding 30,000 people.

President Clinton is greeted at the SoyCo construction site in Rwanda. SoyCo is contracting with an estimated 30,000 local farmers to grow soya for its processing plant and is providing inputs to support those farmers.

Sekanakoni Banda stands next to one of the trees that he grows as part of the Clinton Development Initiative's Trees of Hope project in Malawi. Launched in 2007 in the Dowa and Neno districts, Trees of Hope aims to reverse deforestation by making tree farming attractive and profitable for farmers.

Through Clinton Development Initiative's programs in Rwanda, smallholder farmers learn improved planting techniques and have expanded access to seeds. The programs have helped 4,000 farmers’ increase their yields by 240 percent on average and are helping feed 30,000 people.

In Rwanda, the Clinton Development Initiative is helping people increase their livelihoods and reduce malnutrition by developing soybean production cooperatives and businesses, aiming to provide reliable, long-term buyers for local produce and offer farmers a buffer against price fluctuations.

Clinton Development Initiative

Many people in Rwanda rely on agriculture for survival, but farmers often lack the inputs and technologies that can help increase their yields, improve incomes, and feed communities. By working closely with communities and the government to secure bulk purchases of reliable inputs, the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative (CHDI) helps farmers access the best varieties of seeds, fertilizer, and other inputs and be trained in improved production techniques. In order to help reduce famine in the growing areas, CHDI has expanded its cassava-growing program to 5,000 families, covering 2,000 hectares. CHDI has also helped distribute 40,000 tons of fertilizer, 100 tons of maize seeds, 5.7 million cuttings of diseases-resistant cassava, and 150 tons of improved bean seeds. This has enabled 5,000 farmers to increase productivity by 240 percent, feeding 30,000 people.

About The Clinton Development Initiative

Today, despite billions of dollars in foreign assistance, the majority of Africans still lack access to basic, life-sustaining necessities including food and health care.